Three generations of Mori family field research from Nagano and Niigata prefectures. Choose your edition below.
In the mountain villages of Nagano, the average household spends around ¥28,000 a year on what the rest of Japan and the world spends ¥900,000+ on — pest control, cooling, heating, cleaning chemistry, water, food preservation.
This three-volume set documents what Kenji Mori learned from his grandfather's notebooks — and the 90-day calendar that turns it into measurable savings on your next utility bill.
Satoyama no chie — "The wisdom of the village borderland"
— Composite illustrations from reader feedback across the channel —
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